In your face

University Comptroller Kenneth Campbell prepares to receive his "just desserts" courtesy of his Franklin Building colleagues at a "Pie Your Boss" fundraiser this summer. Members of the Franklin Flyers softball team raised $850 for Easter Seals by selling whipped-cream pies for staffers to throw. Nine Franklin Building administrators, including Vice President for Finance Kathryn J. Engebretson, Associate Vice President for Finance Frank Claus, University Registrar Ron Saunders and Senior Director of Student Financial Services William Schilling, served as willing victims for the event.

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“As we know from the research, the performance of a large firm is due primarily to things outside the control of the top executive. … We call that luck. Executives freely admit this—when they encounter bad luck.”

—J. Scott Armstrong, a professor of marketing at the Wharton School, on how executives can influence a company’s value. Limited research on the topic has mostly found that broader market forces often have a bigger impact on a company’s success than an executive’s actions. (The New York Times, Feb. 7, 2015)